Re: New Home Security System Wiring

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>Robert L Bass wrote:
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>>>Spackle.
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>>A most helpful response, Robert...  I take it Bahia isn't working out as
>>well as you expected...
>
>
> I don't know about that.  Had one guy we did a prewire for who just would
> not be satisfied with anything.  I visited him (unpaid) half a dozen times.
> Gave him a free motion to cover a wire, and finally buried the wires in the
> wall and spackled over them and repainted the area for him.  Then he
> complained to the general contractor and demanded his money back.  What a
> jackass.  He also went aroudn the developement telling other clients to use
> somebody else.  I finally had to stop by and let him know that if he didn't
> stop his slanderous behavior his next contact from me would be through my
> attorney.  He started to complain about his right to free speech, and I
> informed him that one of the oldest comments about freedom is that, "My
> right to swing my arm ends just short of where my fist contacts his nose."
> I had a long chat afterwards with the supervisor in charge of his house and
> the developer as well.  It turns out he treated every single contractor who
> worked on his house the same way.
>
> Ultimately, I wopuld have been happier if I had just said one word to him
> and hung up the first time he called.  "Spackle."
>
> Sorry, Frank, But RLB was right on the money that time.


Really??  It seems to me the OP was pretty clear about what he wanted.
He may have reasons for not wanting the whole system, but to make it
look like he has one...  You have heard about "budgeting", haven't you??
  :-)

You can build a system one of two ways.  Plonk down a whack of dough and
get it done in one shot, or do it "piece-meal".  The latter method may
not involve going into debt or having to mortgage the wife and kids.
Either way, I figure in about a six months he have a complete system up
and running (which beats having no system at all and "smooth walls").